{"id":"CVE-2002-1740","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2002-1740","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:25.083Z","title":"Buffer overflow in WorldClient.cgi in WorldClient in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 5.0.5.0 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long folder name (NewFolder parameter).","description":"Buffer overflow in WorldClient.cgi in WorldClient in Alt-N Technologies MDaemon 5.0.5.0 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long folder name (NewFolder parameter).","published":"2002-12-31T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:59:54.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"severity":"LOW","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["alt-n/mdaemon","alt-n/worldclient"],"epss":{"score":0.01103,"percentile":0.6551,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2002-05-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":21439,"kind":"exploit","title":"MDaemon WorldClient 5.0.x - Folder Creation Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21439","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/remote/21439.txt","file":"exploits/windows/remote/21439.txt","published":"2002-05-07","added":"2002-05-07","updated":"2012-09-22","author":"Obscure","type":"remote","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2002-1740","OSVDB-31773"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4689/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is low and EPSS is 1.1%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271374","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4689","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9026","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/271374","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4689","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9026","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1740","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}